Cervical pedicle screw fixation in 100 cases of unstable cervical injuries: Pedicle axis views obtained using fluoroscopy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 488-493

  Yukawa, Yasutsugu ^a   Kato, Fumihiko ^a   Yoshihara, Hisatake ^a   Yanase, Makoto ^a   Ito, Keigo ^a  

^a CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical; Pedicle screw fixation; Spine fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PEDICLE SCREW; PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 34548229871     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2006.5.6.488     Document Type: Article

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